Teacher held for raping student

ST Correspondent

Saturday, 26 May 2018

The accused has been identified as Aaba Saheb Jaankar, 31, a resident of Baramati

Pune: A teacher has been arrested for allegedly raping and blackmailing a student after clicking her obscene pictures. The accused molested the victim repeatedly after threatening to circulate her pictures on social media if in case she doesn't submit to his demands.

The complaint in this regard was registered at Shikrapur police station on Thursday after which police have arrested the accused.

The accused has been identified as Aaba Saheb Jaankar, 31, a resident of Baramati. After the matter was reported to police, some youths in Shikrapur assaulted Jaankar and handed him over to police.

According to the information provided by Shikrapur police, the accused on the pretext of giving notes called up her to one of his friend’s accommodation and allegedly raped her. The accused clicked her obscene pictures there and then started blackmailing her.

Jaankar sexually abused the girl thrice. The girl reported the matter to her mother who then approached the police.

Police have registered a case under Section 376 (rape) of Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.